Re: The 'Randy Cordle conversion'
Originally Posted by
rudy44
How do you plan to slim down the neck?
The neck can be easily sanded to the required width by holding each side against a small 4" stationary belt sander equipped with a 80 grit belt. It should be done with frequent pauses to prevent the frets from overheating during the sanding operation. The flats created by reducing the neck width are then blended into the existing neck profile. It's actually quite easy!
Rudy I had the fret board off when I narrowed my fretboard & neck.
I made a jig with two 0.2 "X 1"X 30" pieces of flat iron. I lined the two pieces of metal up perfectly and then clamped them securely and drilled a 0.25" hole through both at each end and slipped a bolt through each and added a lock washer and nut.
Then I could slide fretboard between the flat iron strips at the proper depths to get the final width I wanted -- tightened down the bolts on each end, and then put the whole thing (flat irons and fretboard) in my bench vice and used a belt sander to take the fretboard down to the flat iron surface. Worked pretty well.
Then I dressed the frets, glued the binding back on and then glued the fretboard back on to the neck.
Finally I slimmed the neck to match the narrowed fretboard, re-contoured, sanded and re-stained it.
Bernie
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